Hello all
I have a 1990 classic mini Mayfair and wanting to fit high-lo’s on my mini and new GAZ shocks.
I have a compression tool from MiniSport to do the trumpet and cone removal however I have tried for 2 days now and still can’t get the cone to connect to the compression tool.

Is there any other way of removing the trumpet before Mr Angle Grinder comes out 😂😂😂

For those few Minis out there with the original pre 1976 rubber cones still fitted this UNF threaded tool is the one to go for. All Mini suspension cones produced since 1976 have had a metric thread. The tool for these is TOL07004UNF.

Hello all
I have a 1990 classic mini Mayfair and wanting to fit high-lo’s on my mini and new GAZ shocks.
I have a compression tool from MiniSport to do the trumpet and cone removal however I have tried for 2 days now and still can’t get the cone to connect to the compression tool.

Is there any other way of removing the trumpet before Mr Angle Grinder comes out

The trouble with eBay is that you never know exactly where the tool comes from or if the thread used for the tool is of the correct tensile strength. If it does fail when you've got the cone compressed there's a lot of energy released, I for one would not like to be around for that! Should that happen, where do you go with a failed eBay tool? If a MiniSpares or MiniSport tool fails they will have to answer for that.

have to agree, i use ebay a lot too but with bits like this its best to use minispares - i had one let go when the cone was fully compressed and it was serious, if my fingers or anything were near then would have been goodbye!